Today Microsoft made available for download the Release Candidate of SQL Server 2012. According to the company’s post on the release, the RC build is “feature complete,” a first for SQL Server 2012.

SQL Server, Microsoft’s flagship relational database product, is now available on Linux in the form of an early private preview, with a full launch planned for mid-2017. Until now, SQL Server was ...

Stephen Walli, the former Microsoft exec turned open-source proponent, is at it again. This time, the former Softie is making a case for why Microsoft should consider open-sourcing some of its crown ...

As covered by my ZDNet colleague Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft has announced that it is bringing its core, flagship relational database, SQL Server, to the Linux operating system. I also work for Datameer, ...

The next version of SQL Server, Microsoft’s flagship database product, will launch on June 1, the company announced today. The release follows Microsoft’s usual round of public previews and release ...

Microsoft on Friday announced when it will release new service packs for two of its SQL Server products. The company plans to release new service packs for both SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2005.

Accelerator for Business Intelligence (Accelerator for BI). The Accelerator for BI is a rapid application development tool to automate the process of building the infrastructure of an analytical ...

According to an August 2007 survey by Netcraft, Microsoft's web server platform, specifically Internet Information Services, is continuing to make gains on Apache in terms of market share. Though ...

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